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Test of the Twins
- Dragonlance: Legends, Book 3
- Narrated by: Ax Norman
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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At the same time, Caramon and Tasslehoff are transported to the future. There they come to understand the consequences of Raistlin’s quest - and Caramon at last realizes the painful sacrifice he must make to prevent his brother’s success. Old friends and strange allies come together to aid him, but Caramon must take the last, greatest step alone. The step into the Abyss.
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- Matthew
- 09-06-13
Once Again: Great Story, Horrible Narrator
Preface:
In an earlier review of the first two books of the series, I mentioned that I would, indeed, NOT purchase the third installment of the audiobook versions of Legends, simply because of the narrator. I folded, due to the fact that my commute is long, I have been listening from Chronicles onward during the drive, and I am addicted to the story - might as well finish the whole thing out. That said, the narration may, in fact, be more the cause of my elevated blood pressure and "road rage" than the actual traffic...more on that momentarily.
Overview - The Audiobook:
This is, in my opinion, a great ending to the story. I will not expound much here (to avoid spoilers for those who have yet to listen/read the book), other than to say that, once again, Weis and Hickman masterfully draw everything to a conclusion, not only ending the tale on a poignant and well-crafted note that follows from everything that came before (it is often the case, in my experience, that some conclusions forget their origins, particularly when, at least at the time they are written, the author(s) feel(s) it will be the last "word" on the matter (the authors, in the "Annotated Legends" admit they thought this would be the last book written about Krynn and the characters we have come to love), and he or she (or they, in this case) is/are trying to wrap everything up, although "possibilities" may still be rolling around in the mind; the question of how to end it all, and timing for ending, publishing, and so on (and this book was written in less than a month, according to Weis) has the pressure on), but, even with a firm conclusion, also leaves the reader with enough "unanswered" about the characters and the world, that the reader can "develop" their own future of Krynn and what happens after (if one stops here, of course - as mentioned, no other books had been planned at this point). Anyway, a great way to wrap things up.
Overview - The Series, Chronicles through Legends:
As I have stated in earlier reviews, the original, 6-book story is, in my opinion, one of the absolute best in fantasy. Many would put Tolkien at the top of the Fantasy Genre ladder, perhaps making room for C.S. Lewis to join him (they did, after all, meet for tea to discuss ideas in a little public house just beyond the Oxford campus) and, it is true, most of what we now consider fantasy was born from the works of Tolkien (and/or Lewis) - something admitted frequently by Gary Gygax and several of the other creators/early minds of TSR (writers/creators of Dungeons and Dragons/ AD&D - from whence, of course, came the overarching framework of the Dragonlance world) - but I would put the team of Weis and Hickman not only "up there" with these greats in their abilities to weave a tale, but perhaps even exceeding their forebears in their joint ability to make the reader identify with their characters.
Indeed, we all came to love Bilbo, Gandalf, Thorin, Frodo, Sam, and so on, but we never really KNEW any of them. In the Dragonlance series, we not only come to love, hate (or love to hate/hate to love) the characters - nearly all of them, in fact, if not indeed all - but to KNOW them: know their hopes, fears, feelings, darkness, light, strengths, failings, and so on; in short, their overall humanity (howevermuch the elves, dwarves, kender, and other races of Krynn might be offended by that statement!). Weis and Hickman have created a world and the characters and peoples within that we absolutely do not want to leave! I have read many a fantasy novel - and I read Chronicles and Legends as both a kid and as an adult and college professor - and I can safely state that, in my opinion, the Dragonlance series (at least these first 6) are the ONLY ones that have ever made me feel that way.
Overview - The Narrator, Ax Norman:
I have said the same thing since "Time of the Twins:" listener/buyer, beware! Even with all I have praised the series for and all I have praised the authors for, Ax Norman is the one variable that can take away from all of the magic and wonder of Krynn! Everyone sounds the same, and every instance - tragic, exciting, dull, romantic - is treated, in largest part, with the same tone, rhythm, pace, and meter, making what is supposed to be poignant or otherwise important seem mundane.
True, not every narrator gets in and "performs" an audiobook, and though I admittedly prefer those who do, even those others whom I have heard thus far who do not perform, at least seem to try and make some distinction between characters, events, and moods. Raistlin, the archmage whose dark and ambitious soul, and who we are meant to simultaneously admire and loathe, for example, never - according to the books - speaks above a calm-ish, "indoor" voice, indeed rarely above more than an audible whisper except when he is angry, giving a command, or lost in his magic, yet the whiny, sophomoric voice of Norman - the one used for everyone - drains Raistlin of the darkness, the mystery, and so on. It is ONLY through the mastery of the authors that we know what mood is SUPPOSED to be set or what a character is SUPPOSED to be doing or thinking.
Norman nearly robs the series of all that is good about it, through his dry and monotonous reading - not expressing - of the story.
And, as I have mentioned before: Norman, if you are going to slaughter the pronunciation of character and place names, the names of the moons and continents, and even various words found in the English language, AT LEAST BE CONSISTENT!!!
For example, our beloved kender, TASSlehoff Burfoot: when using his full name, Norman pronounces it, indeed TASS (rhyming with "glass")-lehoff, and even calls him "Tas" (again, rhyming with "glass") once or twice, but then proceeds with "TOSS" or even "TAHZ" throughout the rest of the series. And, is the moon Sola-NAH-ri, or Sola- NAIR-i? Because, he uses both even within the same paragraph...is it Fiz-BAN, Fiz-BIN, or Fiz-BAHN? RAStlin or RAIStlin? DAY-as, or DIE-as (for dais)?
The reading is absolutely RIFE with these pronunciation faux pas, again, multiple ways of saying the same words, even within the same sentence, let alone paragraphs...
One last word: I will pay VERY close attention to who the narrator is from now on, and will always listen to the sample prior to purchasing any other audiobook. Moreover, if even my favorite book is made avaialbel, but is narrated by Ax Norman, I will run screaming the other way! Stick to commercials and stage, Ax - leave audiobook narrating to, well, ANYONE else...
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- Michael
- 11-25-15
worst narrator of all time.
Ax Norman completely ruins anything he narrates. He can barely read apparently, as not only does he mispronounce names, but standard English words as well.
When someone shouts in the book, Norman does some kind of whispered shout that an 8 year old does when playing with action figures. It is absolutely cringe worthy.
Tasslehof or "Tas" for short, is not pronounced "Tahz"
Fizban is not pronounced "fizz-bon"
Dewar is not pronounced "doer" as in evil-doer
Paladine is not pronounced Paladin
This is only a tiny portion of the embarrassment known as Ax Norman. beware, if you purchase, you'll be gritting your teeth through some parts.
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- JT
- 05-19-16
Bad narrator, great story
Very well written story, with a horrible narrator. Unfortunate that they went with him for the whole series
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-09-15
Great book bad narration.
Love these books, but the guy who narrated this series was horrible.
Constantly mispronounced names and places.
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- VJC3
- 04-17-16
Short and the narrator was awful.
if you went through the hero's of the Lance series this series is a great add-on if you can get past Axe Norman.
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- John
- 09-17-15
great book poor performance
I really love the book as well as a series however, the individual reading the book really needs to learn the characters proper names and places, and should truly practice a great deal more before ever submitting another book that someone will have to suffer through.
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- Tim
- 03-06-18
Peter MacNicol Axes Ax Norman's Performance
What didn’t you like about Ax Norman’s performance?
Everything. Ax Norman should stick to non-fiction reference books.
Any additional comments?
For anyone looking for a good performance, find these from Random House audio with a performance by Peter MacNicol. His performance is spot-on. Why audible wouldn't contract with Random House for those versions is beyond me - the Ax Norman versions should be destroyed and certainly don't command a price of nearly $20 each.
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- Tyler D.
- 07-07-18
the narrator is atrocious
amazing book and continuation of the series, but the narrator ruins the experience with his inability to pronounce basic words.
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- Shady
- 06-13-18
overall I loved it
Axe does a serviceable job of narrating the tale but needs to work on his characters, they all sound the same. Overall I loved it, but Peter Mcnichol was better.
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- Tom Hiltbrunn
- 11-08-14
Great Story! Hate the Narrater.
Would you consider the audio edition of Test of the Twins to be better than the print version?
I am not sure. I haven't read the print version.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I would have to say Caroman. I loved seeing him grow as a character in the story.
What didn’t you like about Ax Norman’s performance?
I really enjoyed Paul Boehmer's performance and Ax's was very sub par in comparison. It was difficult to get used to the change. He did well if these stories were completely separate, but since they weren't... It frustrated me that not even the pronunciation was consistent from the original trilogy to this one.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
The Twins
Any additional comments?
perhaps hate is a strong word but the narration really bothered me. I only continued to listen because i loved the story so much. He is a good storyteller, I just wish they had kept the original narrator from the previous trilogy
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- Matt
- 02-11-22
Great story, let down by flat narration
An amazing story of love, magic, evil and good spoiled by poor narration and lackluster character voices.
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- Graham
- 11-22-21
Grand ending
Great dramatic ending to the trilogy and series. Writing gets stronger with each book. Narrator had decent voice, but made little attempt to distinguish between characters. Also when a character shouted or screamed he did it with a strange don't disturb anyone low volume which was weird. Maybe a producer told him to do it that way.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-29-20
good story bad narrator
narrator can't pronounce the names of the characters accurately or even consistently, tas comes out as Tas, Tad, Tash or Taq. also no voices for the characters just the same drawl
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- M. James
- 02-27-19
Final confrontation for the twins
In this, the final book of the 'Legends' series, we see Raislin reaching the end of his goal, does he manage to open the portal to confront the Queen of Darkness? Is his magic powerful enough to overcome her? what becomes of Crysania?
The final battle between brothers pulls in the help of their friends 'heroes of the Lance' (Tanis, Tasselhoff), Krynn is once again in danger of being overrun. The action is fast and furious and the fate Krynn could hinge on the outcome between Raislin and the dark Queen.
A satisfying conclusion to the series and is worth listening to.
The narrator is not the best I've listened to, but does a decent enough job of it, and after listening to the first two books in the series you will be used to his style of narration. If you have persevered with the earlier books then you will not be disappointed with this one.
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- andy
- 09-03-16
love this book ... what a great series .
love this series . system has great fun and the story is simple and great